Lenovo ThinkServer TD330, ThinkServer 0442, ThinkServer 1261, ThinkServer 0443, ThinkServer 1256 User Manual

ThinkServerTD330
HardwareMaintenanceManual

MachineTypes:0442,0443,1256,1261,1276,1283,1806,and1807

Note:

Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage191

SecondEdition(August2013)

©CopyrightLenovo2012,2013.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration
“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.

Contents

Safetyinformation..........iii

Safetyinspectionguide............x

Groundingrequirements............xi

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

Introduction.................1

Serverdocumentation.............1

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

Serverpackage...............7

Features..................7

Specications...............11

Software.................11

ThinkServerEasyStartup.........11

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.11

BIOSandTMMupdateutilities......12

RAIDcongurationutilities........12

LenovoThinkServerEasyManage.....12

Remotemanagementsoftware......12

Locations.................12

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

label.................12

Frontviewoftheserver.........14

Frontpanel..............16

IntelligentDiagnosticsModule.......18

Rearviewoftheserver.........19

Serverlocks..............23

Servercomponents...........25

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs...31

RAIDcard...............33

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane....35

Connectingthecables..........39

Systemboardcomponents........42

SystemboardjumpersandTMMstatusLED.46

Chapter4.T urningonandturningoff

theserver...............51

Turningontheserver............51

Turningofftheserver............51

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver..53

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........53

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....53

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

program...............53

SetupUtilityprograminterface......54

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....56

Usingpasswords............57

Selectingastartupdevice........58

ConguringtheTPMfunction.......58

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......59

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......59

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...61

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............61

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............61

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

onaWindowsoperatingsystem......63

ConguringRAID..............64

AboutRAID..............64

ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServer

EasyStartupprogram..........65

ConguringtheThinkServerRAID100orRAID

300.................66

ConguringtheadvancedSATA/SAShardware

RAID.................71

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers......72

Updatingthermware............72

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....72

UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManage

program.................72

Chapter6.Installing,removing,or

replacinghardware..........75

Guidelines................75

Precautions..............75

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....76

Systemreliabilityguidelines........77

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.77

Removingtheservercover..........77

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....79

RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracket

assembly.................81

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...84

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...85

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard...93

InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard....97

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....99

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

700Battery..............102

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

100orRAID300upgradekeyforAdvanced

RAID.................106

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InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer

ManagementModulePremium......109

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerT rusted

PlatformModule............113

InstallingorremovingtheIntelligent

DiagnosticsModule...........116

Installingorreplacinganopticaldrive....120

Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddisk

drive.................124

Installingorremovinganon-hot-swaphard

diskdrive...............128

Installingorreplacingthemicroprocessor..137
Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant

powersupply.............145

Replacingthenon-hot-swappowersupply

assembly...............149

Replacingthehot-swapharddiskdrive

backplane...............151

Replacingthepowerdistributionboardand

cageassembly.............155

Replacingthefrontpanelboardassembly..158

Replacingthefrontsystemfan1......161

Replacingtherearsystemfan.......163

Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly

1..................166

Replacingthesystemboardbattery....169

Replacingthesystemboard.......171

Completingthepartsreplacement.......178

Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting

cables................178

Updatingtheserverconguration.....180

Chapter7.T roubleshootingand

diagnostics.............181

Troubleshootingprocedure..........181

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....181

Viewingthesystemeventlog.........181

Basictroubleshootingtables.........182

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

problems...............182

Opticaldriveproblems..........182

Harddiskdriveproblems.........183

Memorymoduleproblems........185

Keyboard,mouse,orUSBdeviceproblems..185

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............187

Informationresources............187

Usingthedocumentation.........187

ThinkServerWebsite..........187

LenovoSupportWebsite.........187

Helpandservice..............188

Beforeyoucall.............188

Callingforservice............188

Usingotherservices..........189

Purchasingadditionalservices......189

AppendixA.Notices.........191

Trademarks................192

Importantnotes..............192

Particulatecontamination..........192

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..193

Recyclinginformation............193

Batteryreturnprogram..........193

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate..............194

ImportantWEEEinformation.........195

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...195

Exportclassicationnotice..........195

Electronicemissionnotices..........195

ENERGYSTARmodelinformation.......196

Index.................197

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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

Førdubrugerproduktet,skaldusørgeforatlæseogforstådesikkerhedsforskrifter,derndespåere
sprog,pådendokumentations-dvd,derfølgermedproduktet.

LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen
käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesgurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,βεβαιωθείτεότιέχετεδιαβάσεικαικατανοήσειτιςοδηγίεςασφάλειας,οι
οποίεςείναιδιαθέσιμεςσεδιάφορεςγλώσσεςστοDVDτεκμηρίωσηςπουσυνοδεύειτοπροϊόν.

VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.

AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.

Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.

製品をご使用になる前に、製品に付属のDocumentationDVDに収録されているマルチリンガルの「安
全に正しくご使用いただくために」を読んで理解してください。

제품을사용하기전에제품과함께제공되는문서DVD의다국어안전지침을주의깊게읽어보십시오.

Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.

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Przedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymiinstrukcjamibezpieczeństwa
znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

Antesdeutilizaroproduto,leiaatentamenteasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilinguesqueconstamno
DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed
dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

Преждечемиспользоватьэтотпродукт,внимательноознакомьтесьсинструкциямипотехнике
безопасностинаразныхязыках,которыеможнонайтинаDVD-дискесдокументациейвкомплектес
продуктом.

在使用本产品之前，请务必先阅读和了解产品附带的文档DVD中的多语言安全说明。

Prenegotoupotrebiteproizvodobaveznopaljivoproitajteiprouiteviejezikouputstvozabezbednostna
dokumentacionomDVD-ukojistedobiliuzproizvod.

PredpouvanmproduktusipretajteviacjazynbezpenostnpokynynadiskuDVDsdokumentcioudodanoms
produktom.

Predenzačneteuporabljatiizdelek,jepomembno,daprebereteinrazumetevečjezičnavarnostnanavodila
naDVD-juzdokumentacijo,kistegaprejeliskupajzizdelkom.

Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.

Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

使用本產品之前，請務必閱讀並瞭解產品隨附的文件DVD上的多國語言版本安全資訊。

Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.

Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.

Important:Thecautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentarelabeledwithnumbers.Eachnumber
identiesanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementthatreferstotranslatedversionsofthecaution
ordangerstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.Forexample,ifadangerstatementislabeled
“Statement1,”translationsforthisdangerstatementareintheSafetyInformationdocumentunder
“Statement1.”

Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orrecongurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water ,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.

5.TurndevicesON.

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis
recommendedbythemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly
used,handled,ordisposedof.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

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Statement3

CAUTION:
Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

≥18kg(39.7lb)≥32kg(70.5lb)≥55kg(121.2lb)
<32kg(70.5lb)<55kg(121.2lb)<100kg(220.5lb)

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoapowersourcethatiseasilyaccessible
incaseitneedstobedisconnected.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,ensurethatyouremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthe
devicetoprotectagainstpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.

Statement9

CAUTION:
Disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevicetoprotectagainst
personalinjury.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesasharp-edgehazard.

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Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesapotentialheathazard.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialrehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.T o
avoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcurrentratings
attheinstallationsite.

Statement13

CAUTION:
Ensurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextendedontherails.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimits.Y ou
mustinstalltheappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewithyourlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

Statement15

CAUTION:
Thepower-controlbuttononthedevicemayputthedeviceinstandbymodeinsteadofturningoff
thedevice.Inaddition,thedevicemighthavemultipleconnectionstodcpower.T oremoveall
electricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallconnectionstodcpoweraredisconnectedat
thedcpowerinputterminals.

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Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as
denedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

•Connecttheequipmenttoareliablyearthedsafetyextralowvoltage(SELV)source.AnSEL V
sourceisasecondarycircuitthatisdesignedsothatnormalandsinglefaultconditionsdonot
causethevoltagestoexceedasafelevel(60Vdirectcurrent).

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

•Use1.3mm

2

or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•Torquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.

•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceintheeldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

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Statement20

CAUTION:
Alithiumionbatteryisprovided.Toavoidpossibleexplosion,donotburnthebattery.Replacethe
batteryonlywiththeLenovo-approvedpart.Recycleordiscardthebatteryasinstructedbylocal
regulations.

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Y oushouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotentialsafety
hazardsduetoattachmentofnon-ThinkServerfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutrstcorrectingtheproblem.

Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock)

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCathodeRayTube(CRT)monitororabulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning
ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercordsdisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Powerofftheserver.Disconnectthepowercords.

3.Checkthepowercordfor:
a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.

b.Thepowercordshouldbetheauthorizedtypespeciedforyourserver.Goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup.

c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.

5.Removethecover.

6.Checkforanyobviousnon-ThinkServeralterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany
non-ThinkServeralterations.

7.Checkinsidetheunitforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetallings,contamination,wateror
otherliquids,orsignsofreorsmokedamage.

8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

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Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingoftheserverisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeveriedbyacertiedelectrician.

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourproduct.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage1

Introduction

ThisHardwareMaintenanceManualforyourLenovo

®

ThinkServer

®

productcontainsinformationaboutthe
serverfeatures,specications,componentlocations,congurationinstructions,hardwarereplacement
procedures,andtroubleshootinganddiagnostics.Thismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicepersonnel
ofLenovo.

TheHardwareMaintenanceManualisupdatedfrequently,andthemostup-to-dateversionisalways
availableinEnglishontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Thismanualcontainsinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacemajorFieldReplaceableUnits(FRUs),
includingself-serviceCustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs),optional-serviceCRUs,andnon-CRUs.

Note:BeforeservicingaLenovoproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Safetyinformation”on
pageiii

.

•ForinformationaboutmajorcomponentlocationsandCRUidentication,see“Servercomponents”

onpage25

.

•Forinformationaboutinstalling,removing,orreplacingmajorFRUs,seeChapter6“Installing,removing,

orreplacinghardware”onpage75

.

•ForacompletelistingofFRUinformation,suchasFRUpartnumbersandsupportedservermodels,goto:

http:/www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

•Forinformationaboutthetermsofwarranty,refertotheWarrantyandSupportInformationonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeserver.TheWarrantyandSupportInformationalsoisavailable
ontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

•Forthemostup-to-dateinformationaboutyourserver,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

•LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformationand

downloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.ToaccesstheLenovoSupportWebsite,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesgeneraldescriptionsofthevariousdocumentationforyourserverandinstructionson
howtoobtainallthedocumentation.

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Printeddocuments

Thefollowingdocumentsareprintedoutandcontainedinyourserverpackage.

•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadrst.Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowto

accessthecompletesafety,warranty,andsupportinformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourserver.Thisdocumentalsoprovidesinstructionsonhowtondthemostup-to-dateinformation
ontheLenovoSupportWebsite.

•ImportantNotices
Thisdocumentincludessafetyandlegalnoticesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusing

theserver.

DocumentationDVD

ThedocumentationDVD,whichcomeswithyourserver,containsvariousdocumentsforyourserverin
PortableDocumentFormat(PDF).Toviewthedocumentation,youneedtohavetheAdobeReaderprogram
installed.YoucandownloadthedesiredlanguageversionofthelatestAdobeReaderprogramfromthe
AdobeWebsiteat:
http://www.adobe.com

TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand
startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft

®

Windows

®

environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga

Linux

®

operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmlelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Note:LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWebwhereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation
anddownloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.Someinformationinthedocumentsonthe
documentationDVDmightchangewithoutnoticeaftertherstreleaseoftheDVD.Youcanalwaysobtainall
themostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

•SafetyInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30

languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.

•WarrantyandSupportInformation
ThisdocumentincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,

andinformationabouthowtocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

•LenovoLicenseAgreement
ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•UserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,

congure,andmaintainyourserver.

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•ThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutserverremotemanagement.ThisdocumentisinEnglishonly.

YoumightndthisdocumentonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Ifnot,downloadit
fromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Note:Toobtainadvancedremotemanagementfunctions,installaThinkServerManagementModule
Premium(TMMPremium)ontheiKVMconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerManagementModulePremium”onpage109

.

•MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto

usetheutilityprogramstocongure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This
documentisinEnglishonly.

Note:RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalledin
theserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage97.ForinformationabouttheThinkServer
RAID100orRAID300(alsoknownastheonboardSATA/SASsoftwareRAID),see“Conguringthe
ThinkServerRAID100orRAID300”onpage66

.

Documentfortrainedservicepersonnelonly

ThefollowingdocumentisintendedfortrainedservicepersonnelofLenovoandisonlyavailableinEnglish
ontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutcomponentlocations,replacementproceduresformajorField
ReplaceableUnits(FRUs),andtroubleshootinganddiagnostics.Thisdocumentisupdatedfrequently,and
themostup-to-dateversionisalwaysavailableinEnglishontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

4ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingonthecongurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandan
acpowersource,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardware
featuresinstalled,requireshardwareandrmwareconguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemto
beinstalled.

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage75

.

3.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
19tolocatetheconnectors.

4.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage51.

5.ReviewtheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand
customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53

.

6.CongureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage61and“ConguringRAID”onpage64.

7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.

8.CongureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

9.Checkforrmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthermware”onpage72.

10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.

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5

6ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter3.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttheserverpackage,features,specications,softwareprograms,
andcomponentlocations.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Serverpackage”onpage7

•“Features”onpage7

•“Specications”onpage11

•“Software”onpage11

•“Locations”onpage12

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludestheserver,powercords,printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,and
softwaremedia.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

Figure1.Serverpackage

1Server
2Materialbox,includingpowercords,printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,andsoftwaremedia

Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforvariousmodels.Dependingonyour
specicmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryornotbeavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,use
theSetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53.

©CopyrightLenovo2012,2013

7

Microprocessor

OneortwoIntel

®

Xeon

®

quad-core,hexa-core,orocta-coremicroprocessors(internalcachesizevaries

bymodel)

ForalistofThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Memory

Yourserverhas12memoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42and
“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage85.

Powersupply

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingpowersupplycongurations:

•Onescrew-secured,non-hot-swap625-wattpowersupplyassembly(universalinputandcompliant
with80PLUSBronze)

•Oneortwohot-swap800-wattredundantpowersupplies(universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUS
Gold)

Systemfans

Youservercomeswiththefollowingfanstoprovidepropersystemcoolingandairow:

•Onerearsystemfan

•Twofrontsystemfans

•Twoheatsinkandfanassemblies

Internaldrives

Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.

•Harddiskdrive
–Uptoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)orSerialAttachedSCSI

(SAS)harddiskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives
–Uptotwo2.5-inchhot-swapSATAsolid-statedrivesandsix2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives
–Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives
–Uptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapSATAharddiskdrives

•Opticaldrive
–Uptotwo5.25-inchSATAopticaldrives

–Theserverhastwoopticaldrivebays.Theloweropticaldrivebayisinstalledwitha5.25-inchSATA

opticaldrive.Theupperbayisforasecondaryopticaldriveonly.Someservermodelscomewitha
secondaryopticaldriveinstalledintheupperbay.

Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage25

.

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Expansionslots

TheserverhassixexpansionslotsonthesystemboardforinstallingappropriatePeripheralComponent
Interconnect(PCI)cardsorPCIExpresscards.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage42.

Input/Output(I/O)features

•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel

•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel

•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)

•TwoRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel(Ethernetconnector2isforsystemmanagement)

Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage12

.

Videosubsystem

AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM),whichalsoisknownas
theBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chip,isinstalledonthesystemboardtotosupportaVGA
connectorontherearpanelforconnectingvideodevices.

Ethernetconnectivity

TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontrolleraswellasanEthernetphysicallayer
(PHY)oftheOpenSystemsInterconnectionmodel(OSImodel).Theyprovidetheserverwiththeabilityto
supporttwoEthernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or1000
Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage19.

Reliability,availability,andserviceability

Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage23)

–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see

“Usingpasswords”onpage57)

–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity

Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe

systemwhenapowersupplyfails(availableinsomemodels)

•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53

.

Chapter3.Productoverview9

–TMM(alsoknownasBMC),andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedTMMfeatures.The
TMMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeTMM
chip,nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonor
off,aslongastheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththe
TMM-controlledserverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserver
hardwarehealthinformationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperations
includingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartofservermanagement
isindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTMM,communication
buses,sensors,BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS),andservermanagementrmware.Itisresponsible
forerrorreporting,systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andother
managementfeatures.TheTMMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedonthe
IPMI2.0specication.IPMIhelpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.Youcanndmore
informationaboutIPMI2.0fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheTMMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,
suchastheDynamicHostCongurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControl
Interface(PECI),toprovidemoresystemmanagementfunctions.

RefertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyour
serverformoreinformation.

–Hot-swapfeature

Somemodelssupporthot-swapharddiskdrivesorhot-swapredundantpowersupplies.Withthe
hot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplaceharddiskdrivesorafailingpowersupplywithout
turningofftheserver.

–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)oroperatingsystems.

–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“Conguring
RAID”onpage64

.

–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs

FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page12.

–Softwareprograms

Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage11

.

–WakeonLAN

WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoalocalareanetwork
(LAN),anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagement
consoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdata
transferandsoftwareupdates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedone
afternormalworkinghoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.

•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTMMdetectsthepresenceof

aThinkServerManagementModulePremium(TMMPremium),whichalsoisknownastheintegrated
keyboard,video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheTMMPremiumisaremotemanagementmodule.You
canpurchaseaTMMPremiumfromLenovoandinstallitontheTMMPremiumconnector(alsoknown
asiKVMconnector)onthesystemboardofyourservertoenabletheiKVMfunctionandactivatethe
advancedsystemmanagementfeatures.

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Formoreinformationaboutadvancedsystemmanagement,refertotheThinkServerManagementModule
UserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:

http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Specications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourserver.

Dimensions

Width:195mm(7.68inches)
Height:430mm(16.93inches)withoutfootstands;445mm(17.52inches)withfootstands
Depth:595mm(23.43inches)includingthefrontbezel

Weight

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemcongurations.

Rangeofproductweightwithoutpackage:19kg(41.89lb)to29kg(63.93lb)
Rangeofproductweightwithpackage:22kg(48.50lb)to32.5kg(71.65lb)

Environment

•Airtemperature:
Operating:10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)

Storage:-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto140°F)inoriginalshippingpackage

•Altitude:0to3048m(0to10000ft)

•Humidity:
Operating:10%to80%(non-condensing)

Storage:8%to90%(non-condensing)

Electricalinput

Universalinput:

Minimum:90Vac
Maximum:264Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:47to63Hz

Software

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetohelpyousetup,use,
andmaintaintheserver.

ThinkServerEasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramisprovided
withyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefortheprogram
alsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailedinformation,see
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage61

.

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasFirmwareUpdater)
enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareuptodateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserveroutages.

Chapter3.Productoverview11

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformationabout
downloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthermware”onpage72.

BIOSandTMMupdateutilities

TheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC)rmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.
LenovomaintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTMMupdateutilitieswith
instructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTMMrmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,
see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage59

and“Updatingthermware”onpage72.

RAIDcongurationutilities

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDcongurations
ifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage64.

LenovoThinkServerEasyManage

TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.

Fordetailedinformation,see“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage72.

Remotemanagementsoftware

TheintegratedTMMprovidesbasicremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.Theadd-onTMMPremium
optionprovidesadvancedremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.

Fordetailedinformationabouttheremotemanagementsoftwareandserverremotemanagement,referto
theThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Locations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Thistopichelpsyoulocatethetwolabelsthatcontainthemachinetype,model,andserialnumber
informationforyourserver.Thetwolabelsarethesame.Oneisonthefrontbezelandtheotherison
thechassis.

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberidentifyyourserver.WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,the
informationhelpssupporttechnicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.

12ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thefollowingillustrationisasampleofthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelsontheserver.

Note:Dependingonthemodeltype,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthisillustration.

Figure2.Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabels

Chapter3.Productoverview13

Frontviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethepartsonthefrontoftheserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewoftheserver.

CPU

MEM

PSU

1

2

Figure3.Frontviewoftheserver

1Frontpanel6Frontdoor
2Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

7Frontdoorlock

3Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)

8Frontdoorhandle

4Opticaldriveeject/closebutton9IntelligentDiagnosticsModulepanel(availableinsome

models)

5OpticaldrivestatusLED

1Frontpanel

Fordetailedinformationaboutthecontrol,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Front
panel”onpage16.

2Opticaldrivebay2

The5.25-inchopticaldrivebay2isforasecondaryopticaldrive.Somemodelshaveasecondaryoptical
driveinstalled.

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3Opticaldrivebay1

Yourservercomeswithanopticaldriveinstalledinthe5.25-inchopticaldrivebay1.

4Opticaldriveeject/closebutton

Pressthisbuttontoejectorclosetheopticaldrivewhentheserverpowerison.

5OpticaldrivestatusLED

TheopticaldrivestatusLEDisblinkingingreenwhentheopticaldriveisworkingorinthePOSTprocess.

6Frontdoor

7Frontdoorlock

Youcanlockthefrontdoortoprotecttheharddiskdrivecagesfromunauthorizedaccess.

8Frontdoorhandle

Usethefrontdoorhandletoopenthefrontdoor.

9IntelligentDiagnosticsModulepanel

TheIntelligentDiagnosticsModulepanelisonlyavailableinmodelsthatcomewithanIntelligentDiagnostics
Module.Formoreinformation,see“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage18.

Chapter3.Productoverview15

Frontpanel

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpanelof
theserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthisillustration.

Figure4.Frontpanel

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED

5SystemstatusLED

2HarddiskdrivestatusLED

6FrontUSBconnector1
3NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)1statusLED7FrontUSBconnector2
4NIC2statusLED

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED

Pressthepowerswitchtoturnontheserverwhenyounishsettinguptheserver.Holdthepowerswitch
forseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnitofffromtheoperatingsystem.SeeChapter
4“Turningonandturningofftheserver”onpage51

.ThepowerstatusLEDhelpsyoutodeterminethe

currentpowerstatus.

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PowerstatusLED

Color

Description

On

BlueTheserverison.

Off

None

Theserverisoff.

BlinkingBlue

TheserverisinACPIS1mode,whichalsoisknown
asPowerOnSuspend(POS)mode.Inthismode,the
microprocessorisnotworkingwhileotherhardware
devicesarestillworking.

2HarddiskdrivestatusLED

TheharddiskdrivestatusLEDhelpsyoutodeterminethestatusoftheharddiskdriveactivity.

Note:TheharddiskdrivestatusLEDisonlyforservermodelswithnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives.

HarddiskdrivestatusLED

Color

Description

Off

NoneTheharddiskdriveisnotinuse.

Blinking

Green

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddataisbeing
transferred.

3NIC1statusLED

4NIC2statusLED

ThetwoNICstatusLEDsindicatetheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
ontherearpaneloftheserver.

NICstatusLEDColor

Description

OnGreen

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

Off

None

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

Blinking

Green

TheLANisconnectedandactive.

5SystemstatusLED

ThesystemstatusLEDhelpsyoutodetermineifthereareanysystemerrors.

SystemstatusLEDColor

Description

On

AmberAsystemerrorhasoccurred.

Off

None

Theserverisoffortheserverisonandisworking
correctly.

6FrontUSBconnector1

7FrontUSBconnector2

UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyou
havemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

Chapter3.Productoverview17

IntelligentDiagnosticsModule

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule(hereinafterreferredtoasthe
IDM)andthediagnosticLEDsontheIDMpanel.

Note:TheIDMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationoftheIDMandthediagnosticLEDsontheIDMpanelinthe
frontoftheserver.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthisillustration.

Figure5.IDMpanel

1MicroprocessorstatusLED4AmbienttemperatureoverlimitLED
2MemorymodulestatusLED

5PowersupplyerrorLED(onlyavailableonmodelswith

redundantpowersupplies)

3SystemfanerrorLED

1MicroprocessorstatusLED

WhenthemicroprocessorstatusLEDislitinorange,itindicatesthatoneormoremicroprocessorsare
overheated.

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2MemorymodulestatusLED

WhenthememorymodulestatusLEDislitinorange,itindicatesthatoneormorememorymodulesare
overheated.

3SystemfanerrorLED

WhenthesystemfanerrorLEDislitinorange,itindicatesthatoneormoresystemfansmighthavefailed.

4AmbienttemperatureoverlimitLED

WhenthisLEDislitinorange,itindicatesthattheambienttemperatureisover38°C(100.4°F).

5PowersupplyerrorLED(onlyavailableonmodelswithredundantpowersupplies)

WhenthepowersupplyerrorLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthereisapowersupplyproblem.Toidentify
thefailingpowersupply,checkthestatusLEDnearthepowercordconnectorontheredundantpower
supply.WhenthestatusLEDislitingreen,itindicatesthatthepowersupplyisworkingcorrectly.Whenthe
statusLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthepowersupplyislikelytofailorhasfailed.

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

Chapter3.Productoverview19

Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserverwithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappower
supplyassembly.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Figure6.Rearviewoftheserverwithanon-hot-swappowersupplyassembly

1Powercordconnector

6VGADB-15connector
2Serialport

7IDLED
3USBconnectors(4)

8Expansioncardarea
4Ethernetconnector1(RJ-45)

9Frontdoorkey
5Ethernetconnector2forsystemmanagement

(RJ-45)

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Yourservermodelmighthaveoneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.Eachhot-swapredundant
powersupplyhasonepowercordconnector1ontherearoftheserver.Foreachhot-swapredundantpower
supply,theremightbeoneortwostatusLEDsonthepowersupplynearthepowercordconnector.When
theLEDislitingreen,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyisworkingcorrectly.Whenthe
LEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyislikelytofailorhasfailed.

Figure7.Rearviewoftheserverwithhot-swapredundantpowersupplies

1Powercordconnectors

Usedtoconnectthepowercords.

2Serialport

Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialport.

3USBconnectors

UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyou
havemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

Chapter3.Productoverview21

45Ethernetconnectors(RJ-45)

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.EachEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyou
identifytheEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

Note:TheEthernetconnector2(callout

5)markedwith“MGMT”isforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwant

touseremotemanagementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector

2.TheEthernetconnector2alsosupportsteamingfunction.Iftheteamingfunctionisenabled,theTMM
managementcapabilitywillbedisabled.

Figure8.EthernetstatusLEDs

EthernetstatusLED

ColorStatus

Description

GreenOn

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

None

Off

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

1Left

Green

BlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.

Amber

On

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps.

GreenOn

Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.

2Right

None

Off

Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.

6VGADB-15connector

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

7IDLED

WhenyoupresstheIDbutton,theIDLEDontherearoftheserverislittohelpyoulocatetheserveramong
otherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDusingaremotemanagementprogramforserverpresence
detection.

IDLED

Color

Description

On

Blue

Theserverisidentied.

Off

None

TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentied.

8Expansioncardarea

YouserverhassixexpansionslotsonthesystemboardforyoutoinstallappropriatePCIcardsorPCI
Expresscards.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42

.

Note:IfaThinkServerHostBusAdapterisavailable,refertoitsuserguidefordetailedinformation.Theuser
guideisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

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9Frontdoorkey

Usedtoopenorlockthefrontdoor.

Note:Carefullysavethefrontdoorkeytoavoidloss.

Serverlocks

Lockingtheservercoverpreventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinsideofyourserver.Lockingthefrontdoor
preventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalledharddiskdrives.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Padlock

Yourservercomeswithapadlockloop.Whenapadlockisinstalled,theservercovercannotberemoved.

Figure9.Padlock

Chapter3.Productoverview23

Integratedcablelock

Anintegratedcablelock,sometimesreferredtoastheKensingtonlock,canbeusedtosecureyourserverto
anon-permanentxture.Thecablelockattachestotheintegratedcablelockslotattherearofyourserver
andisoperatedwithakey.Thecablelockalsolockstheservercover.Thisisthesametypeoflockused
withmanynotebookcomputers.YoucanorderanintegratedcablelockfromLenovobysearchingfor
Kensingtonat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Figure10.Integratedcablelock

24ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Frontdoorlock

Youcanremovethekeyattachedontherearoftheserveranduseittoopenorlockthefrontdoorofthe
server.Thefrontdoorprotectstheharddiskdrivecagesandpreventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalled
harddiskdrives.

Figure11.Frontdoorlock

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.Formoreinformation
aboutmajorcomponents,seetherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage12.

Toremovetheservercoverandaccesstheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.

Thechassiscongurationvariesbymodel.Thefollowingillustrationsshowthethreemainchassis
congurationsbasedonthesupportedharddiskdrives.

•Servermodelswithuptoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives

•Servermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives

•Servermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapSATAharddiskdrives

Notes:

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Chapter3.Productoverview25

•TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantharddiskdrive
baysareoccupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.

26ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithuptoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATA
orSASharddiskdrives.

Figure12.Componentsofservermodelswithuptoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSA T AorSASharddiskdrives

1Heatsinkandfanassembly2

14Harddiskdrivebay1

2CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)

15Harddiskdrivebay0
3Heatsinkandfanassembly116Frontsystemfan1
4IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(availableinsome

models)

17Frontsystemfan2

5Frontpanel

18Systemboardbattery
6Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

19Systemboard

7Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)20Low-prolePCIcardbracket
8Harddiskdrivebay7

21MainPCIcardbracket
9Harddiskdrivebay622Expansioncard
10Harddiskdrivebay5

23Rearsystemfan3
11Harddiskdrivebay424Powersupply
12Harddiskdrivebay3

25CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)
13Harddiskdrivebay2

Chapter3.Productoverview27

Notes:

•Thelow-prolePCIcardbracket20andmainPCIcardbracket21areavailableinservermodelsthat
comewithaRAIDcard.

•Ifyourserverhasuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives,thehot-swapSATAorSAS
harddiskdrivesneedtobeinstalledintotheharddiskdrivebays0,1,2,and3.

28ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSAS
harddiskdrives.

Figure13.Componentsofservermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives

1Heatsinkandfanassembly2

14Harddiskdrivebay1

2CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)

15Harddiskdrivebay0
3Heatsinkandfanassembly116Frontsystemfan1
4IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(availableinsome

models)

17Frontsystemfan2

5Frontpanel

18Systemboardbattery
6Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

19Systemboard

7Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)20Low-prolePCIcardbracket
8Harddiskdrivebay7

21MainPCIcardbracket
9Harddiskdrivebay622Expansioncard
10Harddiskdrivebay5

23Rearsystemfan3
11Harddiskdrivebay424Powersupply
12Harddiskdrivebay3

25CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)
13Harddiskdrivebay2

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Note:Thelow-prolePCIcardbracket20andmainPCIcardbracket21areavailableinservermodels
thatcomewithaRAIDcard.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swap
SATAharddiskdrives.

Figure14.Componentsofservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapSA T Aharddiskdrives

1Heatsinkandfanassembly2

11Harddiskdrivebay0

2CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)

12Frontsystemfan1
3Heatsinkandfanassembly113Frontsystemfan2
4IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(availableinsome

models)

14Systemboardbattery

5Frontpanel

15Systemboard
6Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

16Expansioncard(variesbymodel)

7Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)

17Rearsystemfan3
8Harddiskdrivebay318Powersupply
9Harddiskdrivebay2

19CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)
10Harddiskdrivebay1

CRUsarepartsthatcanbeupgradedorreplacedbythecustomer.IfaCRUisdeterminedtobedefective
duringthewarrantyperiod,areplacementCRUwillbeprovidedtothecustomer.Customersareresponsible
forinstallingtheself-serviceCRUsforthisproduct.Customersalsocaninstalloptional-serviceCRUs,which

30ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

mightrequiresometechnicalskillsortools,orrequestthatatechnicianinstalltheoptional-serviceCRU
underthetermsoftheapplicablewarrantyservicetypeforyourcountryorregion.

Non-CRUsmustbereplacedonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.

Notes:

•BeforeservicingaLenovoproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Safetyinformation”onpageiii.

•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

ThefollowingtableliststhemajorFRUsinyourserverandtheCRUidenticationinformation.Foracomplete
listingofFRUinformation,suchasFRUpartnumbersandsupportedservermodels,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

Description

Self-serviceCRUOptional-service

CRU

Frontsystemfan

YesNo
FrontpanelboardassemblyNoYes
HarddiskdriveYesNo
Heatsinkandfanassembly

YesNo
Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane(availableinsomemodels)

NoYes
Hot-swapredundantpowersupply(availableinsomemodels)

YesNo
Intelligentdiagnosticmodule(availableinsomemodels)

NoYes
KeyboardYesNo
MemorymoduleYesNo
MicroprocessorNoYes
MouseYesNo
Non-hot-swappowersupplyassembly(availableinsomemodels)

NoYes
Opticaldrive

YesNo
PeripheralComponentInterconnect(PCI)card(availableinsomemodels)

YesNo
Powerdistributionboardandcageassembly(availableinmodelswith

hot-swapredundantpowersupplies)

NoYes

Rearsystemfan

YesNo
Systemboard

NoNo
Systemboardbattery

YesNo
ThinkServerManagementModulePremium(availableasanoption)

YesNo
ThinkServerRAID100UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID(availableasan

option)

YesNo

ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID(availableasan
option)

YesNo

ThinkServerRAID700Battery(availableasanoption)

NoYes
ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(availableasanoption)

YesNo

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

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Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Eachhot-swapharddiskdrivehastwostatusLEDsonthefront.Unlockandopenthefrontdoortoaccess
theharddiskdrivesandviewthestatusLEDs.

Figure15.3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

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Figure16.2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

1HarddiskdriveactivityLED2HarddiskdriveRAIDstatusLEDDescription

OffOff

Theharddiskdrivehasfailedoris
notpresent.

On,greenOff

Theharddiskdriveispresentbutnot
inuse.

Blinking,green

Off

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddata
isbeingtransferred.

On,greenBlinkingrapidly(aboutfourashes

persecond),amber

TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthe
harddiskdrive.

On,greenOn,amber

TheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannot
berecovered.Youneedtorecreatea
newarray.

Blinking,green

Blinkingslowly(aboutoneashper
second),amber

Theharddiskdriveisbeingrebuilt.

RAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonaRAIDcardifyouhaveoneinstalled
onthesystemboard.Ifyourserverhasonemicroprocessorinstalled,theRAIDcardneedstobeinstalled

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intothePCI-Eslot6.Ifyourserverhastwomicroprocessorsinstalled,theRAIDcardneedstobeinstalled
intothePCI-Eslot5.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42.

SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.IfyourserverdoesnotcomewithaRAIDcard,youcanpurchaseonefromLenovo.
See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage97.

Note:TheoptionkitfortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.

YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:

•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)

•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)

ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

Figure17.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter

1Port0

3ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID

connector

2Port14Externalconnector

1Port0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage39

.

2Port1

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

3ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAIDconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage99

.

4Externalconnector

UsedtoattachthecablethatconnectsaRAIDcardtothesystemboardharddiskdriveLEDconnector.See
“Connectingthecables”onpage39

.

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ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.

Figure18.ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

1Ports7-43Externalconnector
2Ports3-0

4ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector

1Ports7-4

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

2Ports3-0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

3Externalconnector

UsedtoattachthecablethatconnectsaRAIDcardtothesystemboardharddiskdriveLEDconnector.See
“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

4ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID700Battery.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700
Battery”onpage102.

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowinghot-swapharddiskdriveandbackplanecongurations:

•Fivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithtwobackplanes

•Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

•Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

Chapter3.Productoverview35

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes.Youneedtoopen
theservercoverandremovethefrontsystemfanstoaccessthebackplanes.See“Removingtheserver
cover”onpage77and“Replacingthefrontsystemfan1”onpage161.

Notes:

1.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

2.Thefollowingillustrationisbasedonservermodelsthathavevetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAor
SASharddiskdriveswithtwobackplanes1.

Figure19.Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanelocations

Backplanefor3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsona3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive
backplane.

36ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsona3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.

Figure20.Frontviewofthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

1Slot0fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swaphard

diskdrive

3Slot2fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

2Slot1fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swaphard

diskdrive

4Slot3fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

Figure21.Rearviewofthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

18-pinpowerconnector

•Forthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneonthelowerharddiskdrivecage,connecttheP5
powerconnectorofthepowersupplytothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthebackplane.

•Forthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneontheupperharddiskdrivecage,connecttheP4
powerconnectorofthepowersupplytothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthebackplane.

2Mini-SASsignalcableconnector0

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

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Backplanefor2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddisk
drivebackplane.

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.

Figure22.Frontviewofthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

1Slot0fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

5Slot4fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

2Slot1fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

6Slot5fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

3Slot2fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

7Slot6fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

4Slot3fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

8Slot7fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

Figure23.Rearviewofthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

18-pinpowerconnector

UsedtoconnecttheP5powerconnectorofthepowersupply.

38ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

2Mini-SASsignalcableconnector1

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

3Mini-SASsignalcableconnector0

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

Connectingthecables

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonthefollowingcableconnections:

•Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothebackplanesforservermodelswith
hot-swapharddiskdrives.See“Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothe
backplanesforservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives”onpage39

.

•Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanesforservermodelswith
hot-swapharddiskdrives.See“Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothe
backplanesforservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives”onpage40

.

•ConnectingtheSATAsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothenon-hot-swapharddiskdrives.See
“ConnectingtheSATAsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothenon-hot-swapharddiskdrives”on
page41.

Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothebackplanesforservermodels
withhot-swapharddiskdrives

Toconnectthemini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothebackplanes,dothefollowing:

1.Useonemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectoneconnectorofthemini-SASsignalcabletothe
SASconnector0-3onthesystemboard.Then,connecttheotherconnectorofthemini-SASsignal
cabletothemini-SASsignalcableconnector0onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrivesoronthe
backplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrivesisinstalledonthe
lowerharddiskdrivecage.

2.Ifyouhaveuptofour3.5-inchSATAhot-swapharddiskdrivesinstalled,youalsocanusethemini-SAS
signalcablethathasfourSATAportsandoneSerialGeneralPurposeInput/Output(SGPIO)port.

a.Connectthemini-SASconnector1tothemini-SASsignalcableconnector0onthebackplanefor

3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplaneisinstalledonthelowerharddiskdrivecage.
b.ConnectthefourSATAports3-6totheSATAconnectors0-3onthesystemboard.
c.ConnecttheSGPIOport2totheSATASGPIOconnectoronthesystemboard.

Figure24.Mini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAportsandoneSAT ASGPIOport

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Notes:

•ThenumberonthelabelforeachofthefourSATAsignalcablesindicatesthesequencetofollowwhen
youareconnectingthecablestothecorrespondingSATAconnectors(0-3)onthesystemboard.

SATAsignalcablelabelSystemboardSATAconnector

P0

SATAconnector0

P1

SATAconnector1

P2

SATAconnector2

P3

SATAconnector3

•ForinformationaboutconguringRAIDusingthecongurationutilityfortheThinkServerRAID100or
RAID300,see“ConguringtheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300”onpage66

.

3.Ifyouhavemorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheothermini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.
Connectoneconnectorofthemini-SASsignalcabletotheSASconnector4-7onthesystemboard.
Then,connecttheotherconnectorofthemini-SASsignalcabletothemini-SASsignalcableconnector
1onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrivesortothemini-SASsignalcableconnector0onthe
backplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrivesisinstalledonthe
upperharddiskdrivecage.

Note:Ifyouconnectthemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothebackplanes,
youcancongureRAIDusingthecongurationutilityfortheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300.See
“ConguringtheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300”onpage66.

Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanesforservermodelswith
hot-swapharddiskdrives

IfyourserverhasasupportedRAIDcardinstalled,youcanconnectthemini-SASsignalcablesfromthe
RAIDcardtothebackplanestosupportuptoeightharddiskdrives.Inthiscase,youcancongureRAIDfor
theharddiskdrivesusingtheadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.

Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredforinstallation.

40ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Toconnectthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanes,dothefollowing:

1.IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID700Adapter,dothefollowing:
a.Useonemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector3ononeendofthe

cabletotheports3-0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector

4ontheotherend

ofthecabletothemini-SASsignalcableconnector0onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives
oronthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
isinstalledonthelowerharddiskdrivecage.

b.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheothermini-SAStomini-SAS

signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

1ononeendofthecabletotheports7-4onthe

RAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2ontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SAS
signalcableconnector1onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrivesortothemini-SASsignal
cableconnector0onthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplanefor3.5-inchhard
diskdrivesisinstalledontheupperharddiskdrivecage.

2.IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID500Adapter,dothefollowing:
a.Useonemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector1ononeendofthe

cabletotheport0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2ontheotherendof
thecabletothemini-SASsignalcableconnector0onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives
oronthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
isinstalledonthelowerharddiskdrivecage.

b.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheothermini-SAStomini-SAS

signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector3ononeendofthecabletotheport1ontheRAID
card.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector4ontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASsignal
cableconnector1onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrivesortothemini-SASsignalcable
connector0onthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplanefor3.5-inchharddisk
drivesisinstalledontheupperharddiskdrivecage.

Figure25.Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanes

FortheconnectorlocationinformationabouttheRAIDcard,hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane,and
systemboard,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage12.

Forinformationaboutconnectingtheappropriatepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytothebackplane,
see“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage35

.

ConnectingtheSAT Asignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothenon-hot-swapharddiskdrives

Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives,connectoneendoftheSATA
signalcabletotherearofthenon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.Then,connecttheotherendoftheSATAsignal

Chapter3.Productoverview41

cabletotheappropriateSATAconnectoronthesystemboard.Youalsoneedtoconnecttheappropriate
powerconnectortotherearofthenon-hot-swapharddiskdrives.

ThefollowingtableprovidesinformationabouttherecommendedpowerconnectorandsystemboardSATA
connectorforthenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveinstalledineachdrivebay.See“Servercomponents”on
page25and“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42forthelocationinformationabouttheharddiskdrive
baysandSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.

Non-hot-swapharddiskdrivePowerconnector

SystemboardSAT Aconnector

Installedinbay0P9powerconnector

SATAconnector0

Installedinbay1P10powerconnector

SATAconnector1

Installedinbay2P7powerconnector

SATAconnector2

Installedinbay3P8powerconnector

SATAconnector3

Systemboardcomponents

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.

32 31

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

Figure26.Systemboardcomponents

1Systemfan3connector21InternalUSBTypeAconnector
2Microprocessorsocket2

22SATAconnector2

3Microprocessor2fanconnector

23SATAconnector3

4Microprocessor2powerconnector

24SATAconnector4
5Memoryslots(6)25SATAconnector5
6Mainpowerconnector26TMMPremiumconnector

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7PowerManagementBus(PMBus)connector

27TPMconnector

8Systemfan2connector

28IntelligentDiagnosticsModuleconnector
9Microprocessorsocket129Frontpanelconnector
10Microprocessor1fanconnector

30InternalUSBconnector2
11Microprocessor1powerconnector

31InternalUSBconnector1
12Systemboardbattery

32iButtonsocket
13PlatformControllerHub(PCH)33PCIcardslot(PCIslot1)
14Systemfan1connector34PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot2)
15SASconnector4-735PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot3)
16SATAconnector136ThinkServerManagementModule
17SATAconnector037PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot4)
18SASconnector0-338PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot5)
19SATASGPIOconnector39PCIExpressx16cardslot(PCI-Eslot6)
20InternalUSBTypeAconnector40Memoryslots(6)

1Systemfan3connector

Usedtoconnecttherearsystemfancable.

2Microprocessorsocket2

9Microprocessorsocket1

Iftheserverhastwomicroprocessors,eachofthemicroprocessorissecuredinthemicroprocessor
socketonthesystemboardandaheatsinkandfanassemblyisinstalledabovethemicroprocessorto
providecooling.Iftheserverhasonlyonemicroprocessor,themicroprocessorsocket2isprotectedbya
microprocessorsocketcover.

3Microprocessor2fanconnector

Usedtoconnecttheheatsinkandfanassembly2cable.

4Microprocessor2powerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidepowertothemicroprocessorinstalled
inthemicroprocessorsocket2.

5Memoryslots(6)

40Memoryslots(6)

Yourserversystemboardprovides12memoryslotstosupportupto12memorymodules.Formore
information,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage85.

6Mainpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidemainpowertoyourserver.

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7PowerManagementBus(PMBus)connector

TheThinkServerManagementModulecanreadthepowersupplystatusregisteredthroughPMBus.Youdo
notneedtoconnectanydevicetothePMBusconnector.Thisconnectoriskeptforpowermanagementin
modelswithredundantpowersupplies.ThefunctionofthePMBusconnectorisnotavailableformodels
withascrew-securednon-hot-swappowersupplyassembly.

8Systemfan2connector

Usedtoconnectthecableoftheupperfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan2).

10Microprocessor1fanconnector

Usedtoconnecttheheatsinkandfanassembly1cable.

11Microprocessor1powerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidepowertothemicroprocessorinstalled
inthemicroprocessorsocket1.

12Systemboardbattery

Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andcongurationinformationfor
built-infeatures.Thesystemboardbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.

13PlatformControllerHub(PCH)

Thischipprovidesthedatabufferingandinterfacearbitrationrequiredtoensurethatsysteminterfaces
operateefcientlyandprovidesthebandwidthnecessaryforthesystemtoachievepeakperformance.The
chipalsosupportsandprovidesmanyotherfeatures,includingtheonboardSATA/SASsoftwareRAID.

14Systemfan1connector

Usedtoconnectthecableofthelowerfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan1).

15SASconnector4-7

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7.

161722232425SA T Aconnectors

UsedtoconnectSATAsignalcablesfortheSATAharddiskdrivesorSATAopticaldrives.

18SASconnector0-3

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3.

19SA T ASGPIOconnector

UsedtoconnecttheSGPIOportofthemini-SASsignalcablethathasfourSATAportsandoneSGPIOport
toenabletheRAIDstatusLEDsforhot-swapharddiskdrives.

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20InternalUSBTypeAconnector

21InternalUSBTypeAconnector

UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSBTypeAconnector.Forexample,insomesituations,youmight
wanttoconnectaUSBkeydirectlytothesystemboard.Inthiscase,youcanconnectittoaninternal
USBT ypeAconnector.

26TMMPremiumconnector

UsedtoconnectaserveroptionnamedThinkServerManagementModulePremium(TMMPremium)to
enableadvancedremotemanagementfunctionsonyourserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
ManagementModulePremium”onpage109

.

27TPMconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,toenhanceserver
security.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule”onpage113.

28IntelligentDiagnosticsModuleconnector

UsedtoconnectthecableoftheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule.

29Frontpanelconnector

Usedtoconnectthefrontpanelcable.

30InternalUSBconnector2

31InternalUSBconnector1

UsedtoconnectthefrontpanelUSBcables.

32iButtonsocket

Bydefault,yourserversupportsonboardSATA/SASsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.However,youcan
activateonboardSATA/SASsoftwareRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerRAID100orRAID300upgradekey
forAdvancedRAIDintheiButtonsocket.Formoreinformation,see“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
RAID100orRAID300upgradekeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage106

.

33PCIcardslot(PCIslot1)

Usedtoinstallastandard32-bit33MHzPCIcardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength.

34PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot2)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx8cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernet
card.

35PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot3)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx8cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernet
card.

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36ThinkServerManagementModule

WiththeintegratedThinkServerManagementModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheTMM),nomatterwhat
conditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslongastheserver
isconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTMMcontrolledserverscanbe
achievedthroughsystemnetwork.TheusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealthinformationandSEL,
andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,andso
on.Thispartoftheservermanagementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-band
management.

37PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot4)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx8cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernet
card.

38PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot5)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx8cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasaRAIDcard.

39PCIExpressx16cardslot(PCI-Eslot6)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx16cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasaRAIDcard.

SystemboardjumpersandTMMstatusLED

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthejumpersandTMMstatusLED(alsoknownasBMCstatusLED)
onthesystemboard.

Ajumperisashortlengthofconductorusedtosetuporadjustprintedcircuitboards,suchasthesystem
boardofacomputer.Ajumperusuallyisencasedinanon-conductiveblockofplasticforconvenientuse
andtoavoidanypossibledamagetoalivecircuit.Jumperpinsarrangedingroupsonthesystemboardare
calledjumperblocks.Whentwoormorejumperpinsarecappedwithajumper,anelectricalconnectionis
madebetweenthemandtheequipmentisthusinstructedtoactivatecertainsettingsaccordingly.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsajumperinthedefaultsettingposition(pin1andpin2).Thisisthecorrect
positionfornormaloperation.

Figure27.Defaultjumpersetting

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ThefollowingillustrationshowsthestatusofthejumpersandTMMonthesystemboardofyourserver.You
cancongure,recover,enable,ordisablesomespecicfeaturesofthesystemboardbysettingthejumpers.

Figure28.SystemboardjumpersandtheTMMstatusLED

1BIOSwriteprotectjumper4BIOSrecoveryjumper
2ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)

jumper

5TMMstatusLED

3ManagementEngine(ME)recoveryjumper

Attention:Tosetthejumpers,youneedtoremovetheservercovertoaccessthesystemboard.Donot
openyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage75.

1BIOSwriteprotectjumper

ToenabletheBIOSwriteprotectfunction,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheBIOSwriteprotectjumperonthesystemboard,andthenmovethejumperfromthedefault
normalposition(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuitedposition(pin2andpin3).TheBIOSwrite
protectfunctionisenabled.

5.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercords.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page178.

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2ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)jumper

UsethisjumpertoclearCMOSandrecoveryourservertothefactorydefaultsettings.

Note:AfterclearingCMOS,allyourBIOSpasswordsareerasedandtheBIOSrecoverstothefactory
defaultsettings.

ToclearCMOS,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboard,andthenmovethejumperfromthedefaultnormal
position(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuitedposition(pin2andpin3).

5.Waitmorethanveseconds,andthenmovetheClearCMOSjumperbacktothenormalposition
(pin1andpin2).

6.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercords.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page178.

7.Waitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.TheBIOSpasswordsareerasedandtheBIOS
recoverstothefactorydefaultsettings.

2ManagementEngine(ME)recoveryjumper

UsethisjumpertorecovertheME.

TorecovertheME,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheMErecoveryjumperonthesystemboard,andthenmovethejumperfromthedefaultnormal
position(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuitedposition(pin2andpin3).

5.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercords.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page178.

6.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Then,turnontheservertorecovertheME.

7.Turnofftheserverwhentherecoverycompletes,andthenrepeatstep1throughstep3.

8.LocatetheMErecoveryjumperonthesystemboard,andthenmovetheMErecoveryjumperbackto
thenormalposition(pin1andpin2).

9.Repeatstep5.

10.Waitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.TheMEhasbeenrecovered.

4BIOSrecoveryjumper

SetthejumperandboottheserverfromaBIOSrecoveryimagetorecoveryourBIOSsettings.

TorecovertheBIOS,see“RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure”onpage60

.

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5TMMstatusLED

ThisLEDindicatesthestatusoftheonboardTMM.

TMMstatusLED

Color

Description

OnGreen

TheTMMisnotready.

Off

None

TheTMMhasnopowerorhasfailed.

Blinking

Green

TheTMMisworking.

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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:

•Afteryounishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
switchonthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage16.Theserverneedsabout
30secondsfortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyou
pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwill
startaftertheTMMinitializationnishes.

•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Turningofftheserver

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.

•Pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerswitchonthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.

•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

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•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.

Notes:

1.Whenyouturnofftheserverandleaveitconnectedtoanacpowersource,theserveralsocanrespond
toaremoterequesttoturnontheserver.Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmustdisconnect
theserverfromtheacpowersource.

2.Forinformationaboutyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystem
fortheoperatingsystem.

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Chapter5.Conguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage61

•“ConguringRAID”onpage64

•“ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage72

•“Updatingthermware”onpage72

•“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage72

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changethecongurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage51.

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage57.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

•OntheAdvancedmenu:
–SelectProcessorCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout

theinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.

–SelectMemoryCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationaboutthe

installedmemorymodules.

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–SelectSAT A/SASCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout

theinstalledSATAorSASdevices,suchasaharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.

•OntheServerManagementmenu,selectSystemInformationtoviewinformationaboutyoursystem.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardjumpersandTMMstatusLED”onpage46

.

•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreashtheBIOS,theBMCrmware,
andtheFRU/SensorDataRecords(SDR).

TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:

•“Mainmenu”onpage54

•“Advancedmenu”onpage54

•“Securitymenu”onpage55

•“ServerManagementmenu”onpage55

•“BootOptionsmenu”onpage56

•“BootManagermenu”onpage56

•“Save&Exitmenu”onpage56

LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage59.

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryjumpertorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Systemboardjumpers
andTMMstatusLED”onpage46.

Mainmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationaboutthe
BIOS,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage56

.

Advancedmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu,
pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow
keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

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Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheAdvancedmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•ChipsetConguration:Viewandsetchipsetcongurationparameters.

•ProcessorConguration:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessorsandsetmicroprocessor
congurationparameters.

•MemoryConguration:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodulesandsetmemory
congurationparameters.

•ACPIConguration:ViewandsetACPIcongurationparameters.

•SATA/SASConguration:ViewinformationabouttheinstalledSATAorSASdevicesandsetSATAor
SAScongurationparameters.

•PCI/PCIEConguration:ViewandsetPCIorPCIExpresscongurationparameters.

•USBConguration:ViewandsetUSBcongurationparameters,suchasenablingordisablingUSB
devices.

•SuperIOConguration:Viewandsetserialportcongurationparameters.

•SerialPortConsoleRedirection:Viewandsetcongurationparametersforserialportconsole
redirection.

Securitymenu

YoucansetpasswordsandconguretheTPMfunctionontheSecuritymenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Foreachmenuitem,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupand
downarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyif
theserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•AdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage57

.

•UserPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.See“Using
passwords”onpage57

.

•TPM/TCM:ConguretheTPMfunctionifyourserverhasaTPMinstalledintheTPMconnectoronthe
systemboard.See“ConguringtheTPMfunction”onpage58.

ServerManagementmenu

YoucanviewsysteminformationandvieworchangeeventlogandBMCsettingsontheServer
ManagementmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationor

showselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsare
displayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

TheServerManagementmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthe
correspondingsubmenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•IPMIFirmwareRevision:ViewtheBMCversion.

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•IPMIStatus:ViewtheBMCstatus.

•EraseSEL:Erasesystemeventlog(SEL).

•SystemInformation:Viewbasicinformationaboutyourserver.

•BMCNetworkConguration:SetBMCcongurationparameters.

BootOptionsmenu

TheBootOptionsmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangethe
serverstartupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesinthe
startupoptionstakeeffectwhentheserverstarts.

Thestartupsequencespeciestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestondabootrecord.Theserver
startsfromtherstbootrecordthatitnds.Forexample,youcandeneastartupsequencethatchecksa
discintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformation
aboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage58

.

BootManagermenu

TheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogramlistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledinyourserver
andthelisteditemsvarydependingonyourserverconguration.Ifyouselectadesireddevicelistedonthis
menu,theserverwillstartfromthedeviceyouselect.

YoucanpressF12whenturningontheserverandselectatemporarystartupdevicefromthebootdevice
selectionwindow.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage58

.

Save&Exitmenu

AfteryounishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesired
actionfromtheSave&Exitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexitthe
program.PressEntertoselecttheitemontheSave&Exitmenu,andthenselectYeswhenpromptedto
conrmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage59

.

TheSave&Exitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•SaveChangesandExit:SavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

•SaveChangesandReset:SavechangesandthencontinuewithfurthercongurationintheSetup
Utilityprogram.

•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.

•DiscardChanges:Discardchangesandloadpreviousvalues.

•RestoreDefaults:Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.

•SaveasUserDefaults:Savethecurrentsettingsasuserdefaultvalues.

•RestoreUserDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

Settingthesystemdateandtime

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53.

2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.

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3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou

areresponsibleformaintainingthecongurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset
anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid
passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot
beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

•Userpassword
Whenauserpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordanduserpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordtouse
theserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

•TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

•TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofthreeto20characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

Besidesthealphabeticcharacters(a-z)andnumericcharacters(0-9),theserveralsosupportscharacters
typedusingspecialkeysonthekeyboardforapassword.Refertothehelpmessageonthescreenwhen
settingapasswordtodeterminethevalidspecialcharacters.

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53.

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2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect
UserPasswordtosetauserpassword.

3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage57.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

4.Ifyouwanttodeleteapassword,typeyourcurrentpassword.PressEnterwhenyouareprompted
totypeanewpassword.Then,pressEntertoconrmthenewpassword.Thepreviouspassword
willbecleared.

Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboardtoerasethe
password.See“SystemboardjumpersandTMMstatusLED”onpage46.Then,setanewpasswordfor
theserver.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.

Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.

2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF10ifyourserverisconnectedtoanetworkandyouwantto
startuptheserverfromthenetwork.Otherwise,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Theboot
deviceselectionwindowopens.

3.Inthebootdeviceselectionwindow,usetheupanddownarrowkeysonthekeyboardtoswitch
betweentheselections.PressEntertoselectthedeviceofyourchoice.Then,theserverwillstart
upfromtheselecteddevice.

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53.

2.OntheBootOptionsmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdeviceforBoot
Option#1toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvarious
devices.See“BootOptionsmenu”onpage56

.

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ConguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyoutoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.TheTPM
functionisonlyavailablewhenthereisaTPMinstalledinyourserver.See“InstallingtheThinkServerTrusted
PlatformModule”onpage113

.YoucanpurchaseaTPMfromLenovo.

AfterinstallingaTPM,youneedtocheckiftheTPMfunctionisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTPM/TCM➙TPMSupport.EnsurethatTPMSupportissettoEnabled.

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3.WhenTPMSupportissettoEnabled,theTPMStateitemisdisplayed.SetTPMStatetoEnabled.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestarttoenablethe
TPMfunction.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcando
oneofthefollowingtoexittheSetupUtilityprogram:

•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10orselectSave&Exit➙
SaveChangesandExit.Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectSave&Exit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectSave&Exit➙RestoreDefaults.

FormoreinformationabouttheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Save&Exitmenu”
onpage56.

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,theSetupUtilityprogram,andtheTMMrmware.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandprocedures
thatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslates
instructionsfromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.You
canusetheSetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourserver.See“Usingthe
SetupUtilityprogram”onpage53

.TheTMMrmwareprovidesremotemanagementfeatures.

LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandTMMrmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Youcanupdate
theserverrmwarebydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverrmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthermware”onpage72.

Updating(ashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(ash)theBIOS.

Notes:

•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdatepackage.

•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotsupportthelatestsystemcongurations.

•IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSarebeingupdated,yourservermight
notrestartcorrectly.EnsurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironmentwitha
steadypowersupply.Besides,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithoutencountering
hardwareproblems.

•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSrmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.Y ouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.Youcan
selectSaveasUserDefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtosaveyourcurrent

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver59

BIOSsettingsasuserdefaultvaluesbeforeupdatingtheBIOS.Then,youcanselectRestoreUser
DefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtorestoretheuserdefaultvaluesafter

updatingtheBIOS.Inthiscase,youcankeepyourpreviousBIOSsettingsanddonotneedtorecongure
thesettingsafterupdatingtheBIOS.YoualsocanrecordyourspecicBIOSsettingsbeforeupdatingthe
BIOSforaneasierrecongurationinthenewBIOSversion.

Toupdate(ash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatetheBIOS
updatepackage.

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheTXTlethatcontainsinstallationinstructions.

3.PrinttheTXTleandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(ash)theBIOS.

4.CheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53

aftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted.

RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdated,yourservermightnotrestart
correctly.Ifthishappens,performthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromtheBIOSupdatefailure.

Note:IftheoperatingsystemofyourserverisinstalledunderEFImode,youneedtoreinstalltheoperating
systemafterrecoveringtheBIOS.

TorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadaBIOS
updatepackage.Then,puttheamiboot.romlecontainedinthepackageintotherootdirectoryof
abootableUSBkey.

2.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.

4.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryjumperonthesystemboard.See“SystemboardjumpersandTMMstatus
LED”onpage46.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccessto
thejumper.

5.MovetheBIOSrecoveryjumperfromthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuited
position(pin2andpin3).

6.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage178

.

7.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource,andthenstarttheserverfromthebootableUSBkeythat
containstheamiboot.romle.Therecoveryprocessstarts.Aftertherecoveryprocessiscompleted,
yourserverwillautomaticallyturnoff.

8.Repeatstep2throughstep4.

9.MovetheBIOSrecoveryjumperbacktothenormalposition(pin1andpin2).

10.Repeatstep6.

11.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsrecovertothe
factorydefaultsettings.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.See
“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53.

Note:IfyoucannotrecovertheBIOSafterusingtheinstructionsinthistopic,theBIOSread-onlymemory
(ROM)mightbedamagedandyouneedtoreplacethesystemboard.ContacttheLenovoCustomer
SupportCenter.

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UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongure
yourserver.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworksinconjunction
withyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingthe
operatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting
(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbe
accesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.

TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.

4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide

•Automatichardwaredetection

•ContainstheRAIDcongurationutility

•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•DownloadsdevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperatingsystem

•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystemtype

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.

TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:

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1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintoanopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveastherststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page58.

2.Waitfortheprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowingselections:

•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram

•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram

Note:ThesupportedlanguagesandkeyboardlayoutsfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramare
Dutch,English,French,German,Italian,Japanese,Russian,Spanish,andTurkish.YourThinkServer
EasyStartupDVDmightbeEnglishonly.Inthiscase,thekeyboardlayoutshouldbeEnglish.

3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormoremessages
aboutconguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovoLicense
Agreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmustacceptthe
termsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.

4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.

5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:

•Continuetothemaininterface.

•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsele.

•CongureRAIDusingapre-existingresponsele.
Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe

screen.IfthisisthersttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.

Notes:

•FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoviewthe
informationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurationssupportedbythe
specicversionoftheprogram;andclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowto
usetheprogram.

•BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatanyexternal
storagedevicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:

•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe

Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.

•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurations

supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.

•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe

program.

•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.

•CongureRAID

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ThismenuprovidesinstructionsonhowtocongureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationand
makechangesifneeded.

•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem

installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.

•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa

removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforservercongurationwhenyouneed
them.

Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating
system

YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer

®

6.0
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
failstostart,openthelaunch.exelelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Notes:

•YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.

•OntheMicrosoftWindowsServer

®

2003operatingsystem,youmightneedtoaddtheUniformResource
Locator(URL)fortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramWebpagetothetrustedWebsitelistsothat
thepagecanopencorrectly.

YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
Fordetailedinformation,refertothehelpsystem.

•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecicserverconguration
information.

•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforservercongurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyounishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstocongure
yourserver.

•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.

•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

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ConguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutocongure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:

•“AboutRAID”onpage64

•“ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage65

•“ConguringtheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300”onpage66

•“ConguringtheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID”onpage71

AboutRAID

RAID,anacronymforRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks,isatechnologythatprovidesincreased
storagefunctionsandreliabilitythroughredundancy.Thisisachievedbycombiningmultipleharddiskdrives
intoalogicalunit,wheredataisdistributedacrossthedrivesinoneofseveralwayscalledRAIDlevels.

WhenagroupofindependentphysicalharddiskdrivesaresetuptouseRAIDtechnology,theyareina
RAIDarray.Thisarraydistributesdataacrossmultipleharddiskdrives,butthearrayappearstothehost
serverasonesinglestorageunit.CreatingandusingRAIDarraysprovideshighperformance,suchasthe
expeditedI/Operformance,becauseseveraldrivescanbeaccessedsimultaneously.

RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedwithsingle-drive
storagesystems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdata
fromtheremainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforlargelesinanenvironmentthatdoesnotrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0hasno
redundancyanditprovidesimprovedperformanceandadditionalstoragewithoutfaulttolerance.Any
drivefailuredestroysthearrayandthelikelihoodoffailureincreaseswithmoredrivesinthearray.RAID
0doesnotimplementerrorchecking,soanyerrorisuncorrectable.Moredrivesinthearraymeans
higherbandwidth,butgreaterriskofdataloss.

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

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•RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforsmallrandomaccess.RAID5distributesparityalongwiththedataandrequires
alldrivesbutonetobepresenttooperate;drivefailurerequiresreplacement,butthearrayisnot
destroyedbyasingledrivefailure.Upondrivefailure,anysubsequentreadoperationscanbecalculated
fromthedistributedparitysothatthedrivefailureismaskedfromtheenduser.Thearraywillhavedata
lossintheeventofaseconddrivefailureandisvulnerableuntilthedatathatwasonthefailingdriveis
rebuiltontoareplacementdrive.Asingledrivefailureinthesetwillresultinreducedperformanceof
theentiresetuntilthefailingdrivehasbeenreplacedandrebuilt.

RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive

groupthatcreatesastripedsetfromaseriesofmirroreddrives.RAID10allowsamaximumofeight
spans.Y oumustuseanevennumberofdrivesineachRAIDvirtualdriveinthespan.TheRAID1
virtualdrivesmusthavethesamestripesize.RAID10provideshighdatathroughputandcompletedata
redundancybutusesalargernumberofspans.

RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourharddiskdrivesandalsorequiresanevennumberofdrives,
forexample,sixharddiskdrivesoreightharddiskdrives.

•RAID50:acombinationofRAID0andRAID5
RAID50usesdistributedparityanddiskstriping.ARAID50drivegroupisaspanneddrivegroupin

whichdataisstripedacrossmultipleRAID5drivegroups.RAID50worksbestwithdatathatrequires
highreliability,highrequestrates,highdatatransfers,andmedium-to-largecapacity.

Note:HavingvirtualdrivesofdifferentRAIDlevels,suchasRAID0andRAID5,inthesamedrivegroupis
notallowed.Forexample,ifanexistingRAID5virtualdriveiscreatedoutofpartialspaceinanarray,the
nextvirtualdriveinthearrayhastobeRAID5only.

RAID50requiresaminimumnumberofsixharddiskdrives.

FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconguration:

•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers

•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDcongurations

•Conguresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected

•Supportshot-sparedrives

•CreatesaRAIDresponselethatcanbeusedtocongureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlycongured
Lenovoservers

See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage61

andviewtheuserguidefromthemain

interfaceoftheprogram.

SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,

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inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprograms
arelocatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditional
installationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.

ConguringtheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300

TheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300(alsoknownasonboardSATA/SASsoftwareRAID)isintegratedin
thePCHonthesystemboard.Ifyouconnectthesignalcablesfromthesystemboardtotheharddiskdrives
orbackplane,youcancongureRAIDfortheharddiskdrivesusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConguration
Utilityprogram,independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.TheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300supports
RAIDlevels0,1,and10bydefault.YoualsocanactivateRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerRAID100or
RAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID100orRAID
300upgradekeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage106

.

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.

BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.

•ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarrayislimitedto2TB.

RAIDarraystatus

Whenyouturnontheserver,theRAIDcontrollerROMversion,theRAIDarraystatus,andthelistofavailable
harddiskdriveswillbedisplayedduringthePOST.

TheRAIDarraystatuscanbeoneofthefollowing:

•Online
Thisisthenormalstatus,whichindicatesthattheRAIDarrayisworkingcorrectly.

•Degrade
ThisstatusindicatesthatmorethanoneharddiskdriveintheRAIDarraycannotbesynchronizedorhave

failed.Youneedtoreplacethefailingharddiskdrivesandrebuildthedata.See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage124

and“Rebuildingaphysicaldrive”onpage69.

•Ofine
ThisstatusindicatesthattheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannotberebuilt.YouneedtocreateanewRAID

array.See“Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray”onpage68.

StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Turnontheserver.

2.DuringthePOST,whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetup
Utility,”immediatelypressCtrl+MtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Dependingontheversionoftheprogram,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

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WhenworkingwiththeLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.
Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.Useupanddown
arrowkeystonavigatebetweenitems.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayed
onthebottomofthescreenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythe
submenusbypressingEnter.

AfterenteringtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youcanseetheManagementMenuon
thescreen.TheManagementMenucontainsthefollowingmenuitems:

•Congure
ThismenucontainsitemstohelpyoucreateaRAIDarray,viewthecurrentRAIDconguration,addanew

RAIDarray,deleteanexistingRAIDarray,andselectabootvirtualdrive.

•Initialize
Thismenuhelpsyouinitializevirtualdrives.

Note:Initializingavirtualdriveerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Backupanydatayouwanttokeepand
ensurethattheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdrivebeforetheinitialization.

•Objects
ThismenuhelpsyoucongureparametersfortheRAIDcontroller,thevirtualdrives,andthephysical

drives.

•Rebuild
ThismenuhelpsyourebuildaphysicaldriveinaRAIDarrayintheeventofaphysicaldrivefailure.

Youcanchoosetorebuildthedataonthefailingdriveifthedriveisstilloperational.Ifthedriveisnot
operational,itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrivemustberebuiltonanewdriveto
restorethesystemtofaulttolerance.Ifhot-sparedrivesareavailable,thefailingdrivemightberebuilt
automaticallywithoutanyuserintervention.

•CheckConsistency
Thismenuhelpsyoudoconsistencycheckforthevirtualdrives.Theconsistencycheckveriesthe

correctnessofthedataonvirtualdrivesthatuseRAID1,5,and10.

ThefollowingtableshowsthevariousmenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Oneachmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

Table1.LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogrammenuitems

Menuitem

SubmenuitemComments

EasyCongurationCreatephysicalarrays.Anarraywill

automaticallybecomeavirtualdrive.

NewCongurationCleartheexistingcongurationand

startanewconguration.

View/AddConguration

Viewtheexistingcongurationoradda
newconguration.

ClearCongurationCleartheexistingconguration.

Congure

SelectBootDriveSelectabootvirtualdrive.

Initialize

Variesbyconguration.

Initializevirtualdrives.

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Table1.LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogrammenuitems(continued)

Menuitem

SubmenuitemComments

Adapter

Setadapter-relatedparameters,such
asrebuildrate,consistencycheckrate,
andsoon.

VirtualDrive

Setvirtualdriveparameters.

Objects

PhysicalDrive

Setphysicaldriveparameters,suchas
creatingahot-sparedriveforthevirtual
drive,makingafailingdriveasonline,
changingadrivestate,andviewingthe
specicationsofaphysicaldrive.

Rebuild

Variesbyconguration.

Rebuildphysicaldrives.

CheckConsistency

Variesbyconguration.

Checkconsistencyofvirtualdrives.

Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreate,add,ordeleteaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram.

Note:BeforeyoucreateaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,ensurethat
theservermeetstherequiredhardwareconguration.Forexample,theserverneedstohavetherequired
numberofharddiskdrivesinstalledandconnectedtothesystemboard.See“AboutRAID”onpage64

for
informationabouttherequirednumberofharddiskdrivesforeachRAIDlevel.IfyouwanttocreateaRAID5
arrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,theserveralsoneedstohaveaThinkServer
RAID100orRAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID
100orRAID300upgradekeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage106

.

Tocreate,add,ordeleteaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothe
following:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage66.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,dooneofthefollowingdependingonyourneeds:

•IfyouwanttocreateaRAIDarray,selectEasyConguration,andthenfollowtheinstructionson

thescreen.

•IfyouwanttoaddasecondaryRAIDarray(ifsupportedbyyourserver),selectView/Add

Conguration,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewthecurrentconguration
andaddanewRAIDarray.

•IfyouwanttodeletetheexistingRAIDarray,exittheprogramandbackupallyourdataonthe

harddiskdrives.Afterbackingupallyourdata,entertheprogrammaininterfaceandselectClear

Conguration.SelectYeswhenpromptedandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:DeletinganexistingRAIDarrayerasesalldataonthearray.Ensurethatyoubackupall

databeforedeletingtheRAIDarray.IftheoperatingsystemisinstalledontheRAIDarrayyouwantto
delete,youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterdeletingtheRAIDarray.

•IfyouwanttodeletetheexistingRAIDarrayandcreateanewRAIDarray,exittheprogramandback

upallyourdataontheharddiskdrives.Afterbackingupallyourdata,entertheprogrammain
interfaceandselectNewConguration.SelectYeswhenpromptedtoproceed,andthenfollowthe
instructionsonthescreen.

Attention:DeletinganexistingRAIDarrayerasesalldataonthearray.Ensurethatyoubackupall
databeforedeletingtheRAIDarray.IftheoperatingsystemisinstalledontheRAIDarrayyouwantto
delete,youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterdeletingtheRAIDarray.

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Initializingavirtualdrive

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinitializeavirtualdriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConguration
Utilityprogramaftercompletingthecongurationprocess.

Virtualdriveinitializationistheprocessofwritingzerostothedataeldsofavirtualdriveand,infault-tolerant
RAIDlevels,generatingthecorrespondingparitytoputthevirtualdriveinareadystate.Initializationerases
alldataonthevirtualdrive.Drivegroupswillworkwithoutbeinginitialized,buttheycanfailaconsistency
checkbecausetheparityeldshavenotbeengenerated.

Notes:

•Ensurethatyoubackupanydatayouwanttokeepbeforeinitializingavirtualdrive.

•Ensurethattheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdriveyouareinitializing.Otherwise,you
needtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinitializingthevirtualdrive.

ToinitializeavirtualdriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage66.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectInitializeandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Settingahot-sparedrive

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetaharddiskdriveasahot-sparedriveusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

Ahot-sparedriveisanextra,unuseddrivethatispartofthedisksubsystem.Itisusuallyinstandbymode
andreadyforserviceifaharddiskdrivefails.Fordetailedinformationabouthot-sparedrives,referto
“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourserver.

Tosetaharddiskdriveasahot-sparedriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,
dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage66.

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttocreateoraddanewRAIDarray,youcansetahot-sparedriveduringtheconguration

processbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

•Ifyouwanttosetahot-sparedriverightaftertheconguration,selectObjects➙PhysicalDrive

fromtheprogrammaininterface.Then,selecttheharddiskdrivethatyouwanttosetasahot-spare
driveandpressEnter.Asubmenuisdisplayed.SelectMakeHotSparefromthesubmenu,andthen
selectYeswhenpromptedtosettheharddiskdriveasahot-sparedrive.

Rebuildingaphysicaldrive

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorebuildaphysicaldriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConguration
UtilityprogramwhenaphysicaldriveinaRAIDarrayfails.

WhenaphysicaldriveinaRAIDarrayfails,youcanrebuildthedrivebyrecreatingthedatathatwasstored
onthedrivebeforeitfails.Ifthedriveisnotoperational,itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrive
mustberebuiltonanewdrivetorestorethesystemtofaulttolerance.Ifhot-sparedrivesareavailable,the
failingdrivemightberebuiltautomaticallywithoutanyuserintervention.

TheRAIDcontrollerrecreatesthedatausingthedatastoredonotherdrivesinthedrivegroup.Rebuilding
canbedoneonlyindrivegroupswithdataredundancy,suchasRAID1,RAID5,andRAID10arrays.For

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detailedinformationaboutdiskrebuild,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

TorebuildaphysicaldriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogramwhenaphysicaldrive
inaRAIDarrayfails,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage66.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectRebuildandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Runaconsistencycheckimmediatelyaftertherebuildcompletestoensuredataintegrityforthevirtual
drives.See“Runningaconsistencycheck”onpage70.

Therebuildrateisthepercentageofthecomputingcyclesdedicatedtorebuildingfailingdrives.Therebuild
ratecanbeconguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,therebuildoperationisdoneonlyif
thesystemisnotdoinganythingelse.At100percent,therebuildoperationhasahigherprioritythanany
othersystemactivity.

ToconguretherebuildrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Usingarebuildrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30percent.

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage66.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙RebuildRate.

3.Settherebuildratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.

Runningaconsistencycheck

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunaconsistencycheckforvirtualdrivesusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

TheconsistencycheckoperationveriesthatallstripesonavirtualdrivewitharedundantRAIDlevel(RAID
1,RAID5,andRAID10)areconsistentandthedateonthevirtualdriveiscorrect.Forexample,inasystem
withparity,checkingconsistencymeanscomputingthedataononedriveandcomparingtheresultsto
thecontentsoftheparitydrive.

Youshouldrunaconsistencycheckonfault-tolerantvirtualdrivesperiodically.Itisrecommendedthatyou
runaconsistencycheckatleastonceamonth.Youmustrunaconsistencycheckifyoususpectthatthe
virtualdrivedatamightbecorrupted.Ensurethatyoubackupthedatabeforerunningaconsistencycheck
ifyoususpectthatthedatamightbecorrupted.

TorunaconsistencycheckusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage66.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectCheckConsistencyandfollowtheinstructionsonthe
screen.

Theconsistencycheckrateistherateatwhichconsistencycheckoperationsarerunonasystem.The
consistencycheckratecanbeconguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,theconsistency
checkisdoneonlyifthesystemisnotdoinganythingelse.At100percent,theconsistencycheckhasa
higherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.

ToconguretheconsistencycheckrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,do
thefollowing:

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Note:Usingaconsistencycheckrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30
percent.

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage66.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙ChkConstRate.

3.Settheconsistencycheckratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.

InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironmentafterconguringRAID.

TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramisontheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramislocatedintheUtilitiesandOthers
folderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsandmightnotapplytotheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300congurations.

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”

•“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”

•“MaintainingandManagingStorageCongurations”

TheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidealsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

ConguringtheadvancedSAT A/SAShardwareRAID

BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.

•ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarrayislimitedto2TB.

SomeservermodelscomewithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.You
alsocanpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.See“RAIDcard”
onpage33.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinan
operatingsystemenvironment.

TheinstallationpackagesfortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLIConguration
UtilityprogramareontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,insertthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin
theUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.

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ForinstructionsonhowtocongureandmanagetheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID,refertothe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentalsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers

TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingto
a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.

YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage61

.

ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersalsoareavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

Updatingthermware

ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.

Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
levelofrmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreashtheBIOS,theTMMrmware,andtheFRU/SDR.

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.

ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
FirmwareUpdaterprogram.

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallation
instructions.

3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

4.PrinttheTXTleandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtoupdateyour
systemrmware.

UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram

TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.Theprogramprovidesaninterfacetodisplayallseversbeing
managed,whichenablestheadministratortoconvenientlysearchfor,monitor,andmanageservers.

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TodownloadtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversand
followtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,refertothehelpsystem
fortheprogram.

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74ThinkServerTD330HardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage75

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage77

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage79

•“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage81

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage84

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178

ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe
LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand
understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,go
tohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updatingthe
rmware”onpage72

formoreinformation.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage181todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage187.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

–Ensurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,
andotherdevices.

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•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupply,ahot-swap
harddiskdrive,orahot-plugUSBdevice.However,youmustturnofftheserverandremovetheac
powersources,suchashot-swapredundantpowersupplies,fromtheserverbeforeperforminganystep
thatinvolvesinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swapdevicesorcomponents.

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

•Whenyouarenishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightndsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

Anyserverpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto
electrostaticdischarge(ESD).ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.
ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe
personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.

Notes:

•Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedinthistopic.

•EnsurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIExpresscards,memorymodules,
systemboards,andmicroprocessors)byedgesorframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposed
circuitry.

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleandpossiblydamagethedevice.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

•Removethenewpartfromthestatic-protectivepackageanddirectlyinstallitintheserverwithout
placingitonanyothersurface.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecicsituation,placethe
static-protectivepackageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewparton
thestatic-protectivepackage.

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.

•Theuseofagroundingsystemisrecommended.Forexample,itisrecommendedtowearanelectrostatic
discharge(ESD)wriststrap,ifoneisavailable.EnsurethatyouworkinanESD-safearea.Selecta
groundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecicservice
requirement.

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Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.
–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.

–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor

referencepoint.Youcanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usethegroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedservers.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,strictlyfollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled;orthereisanelectromagneticinterface(EMI)
protectivepanelorEMIshieldinstalledtoprotectthedrivecage.

•Iftheserversupportshot-swapredundantpowersupplies,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundant
powersupplyinstalled,oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalledwhiletheotherbayiscovered
byashield.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertoensurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave
approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace
objectsinfrontofthefans.Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnon
theserver.Operatingtheserverforextendedperiodsoftime(morethan30minutes)withtheserver
coverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIExpresscards,followthecablinginstructions
thatcomewiththeoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Ensurethatyoureplaceafailingfanwithin48hours.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

•Ifyourserverhasairductsorairbafes,donotremovethemwhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingthe
serverwithouttheairductsorairbafesmightcausethemicroprocessorstooverheat.

•Forserversthatsupportuptotwomicroprocessors,ensurethatthesecondmicroprocessorsocket
alwayscontainsamicroprocessororisprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

•Avoidwearingloose-ttingclothingonyourforearms.Buttonlong-sleevedshirtsbeforeworkinginside
theserver;donotwearcufflinkswhileyouareworkinginsidetheserver.

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

•Removejewelry,suchasbracelets,necklaces,rings,andloose-ttingwristwatches.

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

and“Guidelines”onpage75.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware77

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

3.Disconnectthepowercords,Input/Output(I/O)cables,andallothercablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

4.Removeanylockingdevicethatsecurestheservercover,suchasapadlockoranintegratedcable
lock.See“Serverlocks”onpage23.

5.Loosenthethumbscrewthatsecurestheservercover,andthenslidetheservercovertotherear
untilitisstopped.

Notes:

a.Theservercoverissecurelyinstalledandyouneedtouseatool,suchasascrewdriver,toloosen

thethumbscrewthatsecurestheservercover.Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartoftheserver
cover.Donottrytoremovethethumbscrewfromtheservercover.

b.Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitthreetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingthe

servercover.

Figure29.Slidingtheservercovertotherear

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6.Pivottheservercoveroutwardtocompletelyremoveit.

Figure30.Removingtheservercover

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage178.

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage75.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.

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3.Removethefrontbezelbyreleasingthethreeplastictabsontheleftsideandpivotingthefrontbezel
outward.

Figure31.Removingthefrontbezel

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4.Toreinstallthefrontbezel,aligntheotherthreeplastictabsontherightsideofthefrontbezelwith
thecorrespondingholesinthechassis,thenpivotthefrontbezelinwarduntilitsnapsintoposition
ontheleftside.

Figure32.Installingthefrontbezel

5.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178.

RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

and“Guidelines”onpage75.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthePCIcardbracketassembly.Thistopic
appliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaRAIDcardinstalled.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

ToremoveandreinstallthePCIcardbracketassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassemblybydoingthefollowing:

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a.Pressthereleasetab1inthedirectionasshown,andthencarefullyliftthePCIcardbracket

assemblyslightlyupwarduntilthetwomountingstuds2onthechassisareinthecentralpositionof
thecorrespondingholesinthePCIcardbracketassembly.

Figure33.ReleasingthePCIcardbracketassembly

b.CarefullymovethePCIcardbracketassemblytothetopsideofthechassisuntilthePCIcard

bracketassemblyisreleasedfromthemountingstudsonthechassis.Then,liftthePCIcardbracket
assemblyoutofthechassis.

Figure34.RemovingthePCIcardbracketassembly

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5.ReinstallthePCIcardbracketassemblybydoingthefollowing:
a.Installthesmalllow-prolePCIcardbracketintothemainPCIcardbracketusingoneofthe

followingmethods.

Method1:

Method2:

Figure35.Installingthesmalllow-prolePCIcardbracketintothemainPCIcardbracket

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b.PlacethePCIcardbracketassemblyintothechassissothatthetwomountingstuds2onthe

bottomofthechassisareinsertedintothecorrespondingholesinthePCIcardbracketassembly.
EnsurethattheedgeoftheRAIDcardcanbesmoothlyinsertedintotheslot1inthesmall
low-prolePCIcardbracket.Then,carefullypressthePCIcardbracketassemblydownuntilitis
securelyinstalledandlockedintopositionbythetwomountingstuds.

Figure36.ReinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly

6.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Youcan
expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodulesorother
serveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.

Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationandorremovalinstructionsinthis
topicalongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.

Notes:

1.UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

2.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIExpresscardslots
coveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIExpresscard,savetheEMIshieldordummy
trayfromthedrivebayorsavethePCIExpresscardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIExpresscardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,ller,
oranyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultin
overheatingorcomponentdamage.

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Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.

Note:ThememorymodulesaresensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage76rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

Memorymoduleinstallationrules

Yourserverhas12memoryslotsandithasthefollowingfeatures:

•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1333MHzdoubledatarate3low-voltageregistereddualinline
memorymodules(DDR3LVRDIMMs).

•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1333MHzDDR3RDIMMs.

•Eachslotsupports2GBand4GB1333MHzDDR3unbuffereddualinlinememorymodules(UDIMMs)
withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.

•Yourserversupportsuptosixmemorymoduleswhenonemicroprocessorisinstalledandupto12
memorymoduleswhentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled.

•TheminimumsystemmemoryforRDIMMsorLVRDIMMsis4GB(onlyonemicroprocessorinstalledand
onlyone4GBRDIMMorLVRDIMMinstalledintheCPU1DIMMA1slot).

•TheminimumsystemmemoryforUDIMMsis2GB(onlyonemicroprocessorinstalledandonlyone2
GBUDIMMinstalledintheCPU1DIMMA1slot).

•ThemaximumsystemmemoryforRDIMMsorLVRDIMMsis192GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledand
one16GBRDIMMorLVRDIMMinstalledineachofthe12memoryslots).

•ThemaximumsystemmemoryforUDIMMsis48GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledandone4GB
UDIMMinstalledineachofthe12memoryslots).

Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodulesinyourspecicservermodel,usetheSetupUtility
program.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53.

ForalistofsupportedThinkServermemorymoduleoptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofallmemoryslotsonasystemboardthathastwo
microprocessors(alsoknownasCPUs)installed.

Figure37.Memoryslotsonthesystemboard

1Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMA1)7Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMA1)
2Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMA2)8Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMA2)
3Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMB1)9Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMB1)
4Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMB2)10Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMB2)
5Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMC1)11Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMC1)
6Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMC2)12Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMC2)

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